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Gopher Service West Covina

Gopher Removal in West Covina, CA

When moles or gophers are damaging your West Covina property and need Gopher Service service call Rodent Guys to save your landscaping. Our Gopher Service service in West Covina, CA is available using pet friendly methods with well trained techs. Please dial us at 909-599-4711 to service Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange and Riverside counties.

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A gopher control West Covina Ca needs is from the pocket gopher which is the exact same as a gopher. Most damage is to new plants simply because they’re immature, un-established and it also doesn’t require very much gnawing for a gopher to destroy or consume it. Turf can be seriously impacted by gophers with damages from both the consuming from the lawn plus the earth moved on top and residing on top of the lawn which smothers it.

Big trees takes biting for a while so not to worry. Smaller trees could be destroyed because of a gopher quickly simply because the roots offering the life for your tree are young. You will see particular branches of trees or bushes start to die when ever gophers are destroying them. This is a result of the roots providing life to that section of the plant is damaged or killed because of the gopher and without any longer providing life for that part of the plant you are raising.

How Do I Know if I need service?

Gopher mounds with exit hole

Gopher Mound

Pocket gopher burrows are almost always stuffed wth dirt like in the picture above. This helps to set them apart from other tunneling rodents like moles. They can create one to three mounds a day reason behind the fact of why you want to eradicate gophers immediately on your home. Gopher removal (not gofer removal ) is normally done by a gopher specialist pest control company with background in how to eliminate gophers for your yard. Always check that they have an agriculture pest control license as required by California state law in and not just a license for structural pest control.

Damage and reasons we need Removal

Gophers consume plants, tree roots, ornamental flowers and vegetables on your lawn – if it’s a plant they probably will eatwll consume|like} it. Most damage is to new vegetation because they are young, un-established and it does not} take much for a gopher to destroy or eat it. Turf is also very impacted by gophers with damage from both the eating of the lawn and the soil pushed on top and sitting on the grass which smothers it.

Mature trees can take gnawing for a while so not to panic. Smaller trees can be killed by a gopher right away because the roots supplying the life to the tree are undeveloped. You will see certain branches of trees or bushes start to dry out when gophers are eating them. This is caused by the roots giving life to that part of the plant is damaged or killed by the gopher and no longer supplying nutrients to that part of the tree you are growing in.

The most effective control methods for gopher extermination are burrow fumigants, baiting, burrow blasting, Tunnel Fill, and trapping. Trapping, Tunnel Fill and baiting are options that a property owner can use with limited success. Burrow Blasting is normally performed by a company dedicated to gophers (we use a Varmint Getter for burrow blasting) because of the expense of the equipment.

Burrow fumigants are extremely effective but are restricted materials in, only available to and used by licensed techs like us. Burrow fumigants are not the same as the smoke bombs from the Home Depot which are seldom successful.

Poison baits used by agriculture pest control operators are much higher strength and effective than what is obtainable to a homeowner. The main reason to hire a gopher expert is the knowledge of what method to use for each property and proper placement of fumigants and or bait for effective removal of gophers.

Using water to force them to surface

Flooding can be effective on farms where the whole crop area is flooded and there is nowhere for a gopher to go. On your property you are going to attempt to flood the gopher with a water holse down the hole. The problem is the water typically never fills up the tunnel system and the gopher simply raises his head above the water line until you begin to be concerned about the cost of water in West Covina and shut it off.

Repellers

There are no repellents in West Covina available at the present time that have been proved to provide good Gopher Service. Several plants, such as gopher purge and cantor bean have been said to offer protection, but these claims have never been authenticated. If they really worked to get rid of gophers no one would be reading this site including you.

Keep gophers out of your lawn using physical barriers can be effective for small projects. Any large project, such as placing fencing around the area of your backyard would be cost prohibitive. Plus this would at best only provide short-term control. At some point gophers find a way in.

Raised flower beds can be protected by fixing a 1/4 inch galvanized hardware cloth under the bed and securing it to the 2×6 wood frame prior to adding soil in your yard.

Calif DFG position

When gophers are causing damage to you West Covina property, they are allowed to be controled by any legal means. Allowable ways include gopher traps and poison bait placed by the owner or tenant of the property. Any poison bait used to kill gophers must be registered for gophers on the product label and follow the instructions carefully.

Rodent Guys Rodent Services

Rodent Guys will come out to provide Gopher Service services in West Covina using the best ways based on each situation such as fumigation. Depending on tunnel locations poison baits are used instead of fumigation of tunnels. Gopher Service is a tough job for the beginner, we have a lot of experience with it.

Captured two Gophers

This is owner of Rodent Guys, Nick Nielsen, with 2 gophers, one caught in a gopher trap and one removed with strychnine. Nick and his team of Gopher Service experts will be showing off trophies like these at the end of your project.

We Service Most areas in the following counties:

Los Angeles County, Ventura, San Bernardino County, Orange County and Riverside County